Question follow-through · 4427
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community-delivered Minor Eye Conditions Services and Covid Urgent Eye Care Services in areas where they are commissioned, including their effect
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community-delivered Minor Eye Conditions Services and Covid Urgent Eye Care Services in areas where they are commissioned, including their effect
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2026
Answer published
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them. Local systems may take different approaches to meeting the needs of their lo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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